On that day, after a period of chaos, Yazhou City closed the city gates tightly and mobilized all the minzhuang to patrol the city. In fact, there were only 1,000 minzhuang people trained in this city. Fortunately, the local folk customs were quite strong, and they all still
He can climb the city and hold swords and guns.
When Master Zheng Zhizhou learned that a ship of unknown origin had docked, his face turned pale for a moment. His years of leisurely Zhizhou had finally come to an end, and something big had finally happened. His master kept comforting him. Starting from the Jiajing period, Honshu had been visited every once in a while.
They were harassed by pirates, but generally they would not attack the state city. After the state magistrate Zeng Qi arrived, he reminded the state magistrate that he should send people to Dadangang to inquire about the situation.
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, for ships coming from foreign countries, it was first necessary to determine whether they had any appearance in order to confirm their identity as tribute envoys. If they did not have any appearance, they would not be subject to their property and would not be allowed to trade within the country. If confirmed, they would not be allowed to trade in the country.
If a tribute envoy drowns in death while paying tribute, he will be given rations according to the regulations, and arrangements will be made for his trade and return to the country. The local authorities and Hainan Qiongzhou Prefecture shoulder the responsibility of escorting the tribute envoy and repairing the drifting boats.
After searching some documents, the master found that such incidents also occurred during the Jiajing period. At that time, strong winds drifted to the ship on the Wenchang sea in May. "I don't know who the country was, and it contained golden parrots, Mo girls, gold bars and other items."
." Later, the local government misappropriated all the property, and the survivors were "trapped". The term "capsize the boat" was used to mean that the boat capsized and people died.
Zeng Qi shook his head and said: "The ship that came this time had cannons and was extremely huge. It carried more than a hundred people. The government officials reported that all the sailors on the ship had guns, cannons and guns. From this point of view, it is obviously very likely that they are Franco pirates."
The local master suddenly had nothing to say, and everyone looked at Lord Zhizhou together. Suddenly, the Yamen servant came up to report that Wang An, the eunuch of Shangbao Supervisor, led more than a hundred of his subordinates, and more than Ding Bai, a Hainan guard, to forcefully open the east gate of Yazhou--
Yangchunmen left, claiming that he was going to Qiongzhou Mansion to continue fishing for pearls. Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. It was good that there were not even a hundred regular officers and soldiers left in Yazhou City.
After long discussions, no one from the three squadrons of government servants and subordinates was willing to go out of the city to inquire about the situation, so they had to temporarily defend the city and wait for reinforcements.
When Zeng Qi returned to his home near the state capital, Zeng Yue came up to him and said, "Second uncle, that Yin Feng is missing."
Zeng Qi's face darkened: "What did I tell you?"
"When I entered the city from the north gate just now, I happened to encounter the group of eunuchs rushing out of the city. During the chaos, my nephew couldn't watch for a moment..."
"Confused, too confused. This person was saved by my uncle and will be put to great use. Now it's good, you..." Zeng Qi sighed and sat down on his seat.
Zeng Yue asked a little unconvinced: "This person is just a white man who has returned from overseas. He acts recklessly, but he only has some knowledge of Western things..."
"This is exactly what we need, do you understand? What kind of business does our Zeng family rely on?" Zeng Qi couldn't help but shake his head: "Your brother Zeng Shan is famous for his literary talent in Fujian. If he is expected to be Chinese in the imperial examination, my Zeng family will have people to protect it in the officialdom.
Yes. Why did your father send you to Qiongzhou?"
"Train with my second uncle and open up the Hainan trade route." Zeng Yue stood with his hands tied and replied respectfully.
Zeng Qi stood up and walked around the room.
"The Zeng family is counting on you for their overseas business in the future. In Fujian Province, the Xu family, the Lin family and other families have controlled most of the trade routes for overseas trade in Yuegang due to people in the DPRK. Our Zeng family has only been able to make do with it in recent years.
Keep it up! Nine out of ten people from Kaiyang's family are defeated, and one or two out of ten people get married. My Shanyue nephew is an uncle and has no ability. I'm afraid he will only be the county magistrate in this life. And I only have two daughters. I am here
The connections in the business world point to you for inheritance."
Zeng Yue bowed his head respectfully and held his hands in his hands: "My nephew, remember your teachings."
Zeng Qi nodded: "Most of the giant merchants in Chaozhou and Guangzhou trade with the Folangji Yi people in Macau; in the Fujian and Zhejiang areas, most of them go to Luzon to trade with Japan; now my Zeng family wants to revive the family business, but the only way is to find a direct
A way to trade with the Yi people. That Yin Feng knows the language of the Yi people. He lived overseas and knew the feelings of the Yi people when he was young. However, he is isolated and helpless here. We can really use him to try to open up new trade routes..."
The more Zeng Yue listened, the more solemn his face became, and he asked quickly: "So, are you going to send someone to find this Yin Feng? I think he has probably lost the Danmin fishing village in Dadanggang. This man is very loyal and repays his kindness.
"
"It's too dangerous to go out of the city at night, so let's go early tomorrow morning. Send a few more family members, so you don't have to take risks out of the city." Zeng Qi walked to the door, looked at the dusk in the sky, and sighed: "I hope this Yin Feng has a good life.
Nothing will happen..."
Yin Feng sneaked out of the city and first went to the deserted Hebo residence. He took out the revolver, took the box with the Bible, and hurried to the Danmin fishing village by the sea. One of his thoughts was to see
I wanted to see if there was anything going on with the Mabo family; and I also wanted to contact that group of Westerners.
He saw clearly that what was flying on this boat was the flag of the Spanish royal family. It had a complex coat of arms with three lions. It was the heraldic flag of the Trastamara family, the Spanish branch of the Habsburg dynasty, which meant that it was a
A regular vessel belonging to the Spanish Crown.
However, at that time, there were many merchant and pirate ships sailing on the sea from various countries in the East and West, so it was still risky to contact these Spaniards proactively.
Since coming to Yazhou, the words "what to do" have come to his mind every night. How to survive in this world and live well in the future is something that every time traveler must consider, but
Not everyone can make a decision quickly when faced with such earth-shaking changes. But now the sudden arrival of the Western ship gradually formed an idea in his mind. He decided to take the risk and go to the place where the Spanish landed to try his luck.
Since God saved him from the nuclear explosion in the future world to this ancient world, he has nothing to lose. Today’s experience also stimulated him; how can a blind man with no power, money and status change his destiny?
When it was already dark, Yin Feng arrived near the brightly lit Danmin Fishing Village, which was bustling with people.
Because most of the people live on their own boats, the brightly lit place on the coast must be Uncle Mai's house. The yard of Uncle Mai's house is in an open space by the sea. It is easy to see that there are more than 10 people surrounding the yard.
, and several people seemed to be struggling at the entrance of the courtyard.
On the beach, several moored boats were on fire, and the cries of the villagers could be heard. Against the backdrop of the fire, several Westerners were talking to each other on the beach, each with weapons in their hands.
The courtyard wall of Uncle Mai's house was a half-person-high fence, designed to guard against gentlemen but not villains. At this time, foreigners had broken into the courtyard and were talking loudly.
Yin Feng crouched and moved forward slowly, and was already close to the back of the group of foreigners. Suddenly, a sharp female voice came from Uncle Mai's house. Yin Feng's heart tightened suddenly, and he couldn't hold it back any longer, so he jumped up.
He took a few steps forward and strangled the neck of the tall, thin man wearing a top hat with his left hand. At the same time, he pressed the revolver against his head with his right hand.
In an instant, many Portuguese words that he had not used for many years poured into Yin Feng's mind. He shouted loudly: "Parar! Stop!!" The first time it came out was in Portuguese, and the second time it came out in English, the meanings were all the same.
It's "stop", "stop".
The person held hostage by Yin Feng was shocked and almost collapsed to the ground. Yin Feng strangled him tightly and pushed him toward the yard. As he walked, he said in Portuguese as clearly and accurately as possible: "Eun?otenhomalicioso!"
Portuguese: I mean no harm) All the crew members of the Western-style ship present were not alert to the enemy approaching from behind. At this time, the person being held hostage seemed to be someone with a certain identity. Each of the menacing crew members, who were half-clothed and holding weapons, retreated step by step.
If you dare to do anything, I thought, if you have no "malice", why would you put a gun to someone's head? In fact, Yin Feng didn't have time to get gunpowder, and the gun was just a decoration.
A crew member shouted: "Quemévocê?" (Portuguese: Who are you?)
Yin Feng understood, and crisis can indeed stimulate people's potential. He could almost understand the Portuguese spoken by the other party, although it had a bit of a dialect flavor. Before traveling in the past life, Yin Feng's Portuguese listening was very poor during the university exam.
Others were very worried about the person being held hostage, so they stepped forward with empty hands and said: "Calm down, calm down! Don't hurt him!"
Yin Feng said loudly in Portuguese: "I am sent by the local Ming Empire local government to contact you!"
"You point a gun at my second mate like this, we can't communicate, right?" The short, fat, brown-haired middle-aged man suddenly smiled, "We don't mean any harm, we just want some food."
"Are you the captain?" Yin Feng lowered his right hand and moved the muzzle of the gun from the second officer's head to his back.
The short and fat captain put his hand on his chest: "Captain of the merchant ship Tomar of the Kingdom of Portugal, Francisco Barreto."
Yin Feng nodded towards the firelight on the beach: "The firelight can only represent malice, right? Also, there was a lady screaming in the yard just now. I hope she is okay."
Captain Barreto smiled awkwardly: "Please forgive me, our people have been drifting at sea for nearly 20 days and are almost desperate. When we landed on this beach, we thought we were saved, but we..." He was a little embarrassed.
In fact, the current Portuguese people are relatively well-behaved along the coast of China, because Portugal does not want to offend the Ming government and bring any trouble to Macau, a center of Sino-foreign trade.
Yin Feng understood what Captain Barreto had not finished saying: Dan people were the lowest class of society at that time. They often had no food to eat and no family had overnight food. These Portuguese crew members were so hungry that they came ashore but could not find them.
No matter how much you eat, you can imagine how big the nameless fire is.
Captain Barreto said to his crew: "Call everyone back and stop harassing the natives."
Yin Feng still didn't dare to let go, so he relaxed some of the force on his neck with his left hand and pushed the second officer toward the house: "I'm sorry, I have to make sure the owner of this house is safe."
The Portuguese crew members all got out of the way. Yin Feng saw the five members of Uncle Mai's family tied up and thrown in the middle of the room. He couldn't help but turn around and glare at the captain: "What's going on?"
The captain spread his hands and said, "Sorry, they are a little excited. We are just looking for food."
Yin Feng had a black line on his forehead. He pushed away the hostages and stepped forward to free Uncle Mai and his family. He found that Mai Wan'er had fainted and Dahai and his wife had been beaten to death. Yin Feng smiled bitterly and said
Uncle Mai said: "Maitou, these people just want food, just give it to them."
Yin Feng untied Wan'er and found that her hair was scattered and there was blood on her head.
After Uncle Mai was freed from his restraints, he threw himself under the bed, took out a wooden box and opened it. A box full of shining pearls dazzled people's eyes.
"It's all because of this thing!" He shook his head and sighed: "I thought they were trying to rob something...".
Yazhou City, the next morning.
Yazhou City was rebuilt during the Hongwu period. It is 135 feet long, 2 feet high, and 9 feet thick. It has three gates in the east, west and south. To be honest, this is a short city.
I just returned to the Yazhou Guard Qianhu Station last night. Qianhu Linhai was dozing under the city gate. He was woken up by a Baihu. He climbed to the top of the city in three steps and two steps at a time. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the bottom of the city. He stood there.
There was a tall man named Yin Feng, and a brown-haired Western man wearing strange clothes.
"That, that, not that..." Lin Qianhu scratched his scalp and stuttered in surprise. Baihu on the side said hurriedly: "That's the Yin Feng who came back from the West, and the one who is from the West..."
"I can see it." Lin Qianhu interrupted him angrily and shouted to the two weird people below: "What do you want to do?"
"Enter the city and see Mr. Zhizhou. This is the leader of the Folang Jifan people. Their boat was damaged by a storm and drifted here. They want to see Mr. Zhizhou to ask for help." Yin Feng said leisurely below.
Soon, the news spread throughout the city that the Western Franchi merchants had drifted to Yazhou due to their ship being damaged by a strong wind. Everyone in the city felt relieved, and the governor of the state also breathed a long sigh of relief.
That night, Yin Feng reached an agreement with the Portuguese crew. He would help obtain supplies and materials for repairing the ship. The Portuguese promised not to disembark and harass any local residents. The merchant ship Tomar suddenly encountered a storm more than 20 days ago.
, counting the days, it was around the time when Yin Feng crossed. During the storm, the crew had to cut the canvas cables of the front and rear masts, and lost the sails of the front and rear masts; the canvas of the main mast was also torn to pieces by the storm, and finally lost it.
The crew used up all the cloth on the ship and even contributed their own clothes (this is why Yin Feng saw half of the crew members were shirtless), and finally even used some goods; a few rolls of silk. Even so, it was only
Only half of the power could be restored, and the steering wheel was also damaged and the water tank was ruptured... In short, after the storm, these sailors drifted in the wind in the southeastern waters of Hainan Island for more than ten days. They ran out of water and food, and three people died of illness and thirst.
In despair, I finally saw the coastline outside Big Egg Harbor.
A total of 72 people on board survived.
After the pirate alert was lifted, Yazhou City did not allow Portuguese sailors to enter, but the people sent by Zheng Zhizhou still brought them a large amount of food and a batch of clothing. After these foreigners all put on robes, Yazhou City
They were even more moved by the hospitality; a batch of wood for repairs and a batch of cloth were delivered to the beach, and some local craftsmen were sent over.
These were supplied free of charge. What Yin Feng originally brought to the Portuguese was that he was willing to use money to buy grain and wood, and to hire people to repair ships.
However, Zheng Zhizhou ignored his message and ordered everything to be provided free of charge. He said that this was called: Huairou Yuanyi. And generally, the imperial court would reimburse the expense of entertaining distant barbarians in distress.
Yin Feng's identity has become the general manager of Yazhou Prefecture. He is busy traveling between the beach and the city every day. The story that he went among the barbarians in the middle of the night to rescue the people in the fishing village has spread throughout Yazhou.
.While running around every day, Yin Feng has already begun to implement his plan.
His plan was full of realism and he wanted to make money in China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The experience of these few days made him understand: in this era, as a powerless civilian in the Ming Dynasty, he could not enter the bureaucracy and have power.
Then having wealth is the best way to protect one's quality of life, and overseas trade was the only choice for powerless civilians at that time who wanted to get rich in a short time. There were not many specific measures. The first step was to engage in overseas trade. This
The first step went quite smoothly; doing business with the Portuguese. Yin Feng’s advantages were his foreign language skills, his knowledge of world historical trends, and his knowledge of the history of Sino-foreign exchanges.
That night, after talking to Captain Barreto, he learned that the Tomar merchant ship was going to Malacca for trading, and that the ship was full of Chinese goods purchased in Macau. Since the goods were lost in the storm, the owner of the ship made a request:
Is it possible to replenish goods locally in Hainan Island to offset the losses caused by this storm? The owner of the goods is a slender, hook-nosed young man with a depressed expression, his name is Bernardo Dias de Cáceres.
Yin Feng was confused by the long list of names, but some vague images flashed in his mind. He felt that this young man looked suspicious. The crew members seemed to be very rude to him and never gave him a good look.
Due to space issues during meals, Bernardo was often squeezed into the last one to eat. One day when Captain Barreto was chatting with the crew, he talked about Bernardo and mentioned a set of words. Yin Feng didn't understand it for a while.
He asked the second officer, the nephew of Captain Barreto, the crew member he had hijacked: "What does this mean?"
"New Christians are people who were originally Jewish and became Christians after being baptized."
It turns out that’s the case. No wonder Yin Feng always thinks that Bernardo looks special. It turns out that this is the appearance of the Jews in European and American World War II movies in his previous life. Yin Feng immediately shouted in his heart: "God help me!!"
In the second half of the 15th century, at the end of the "Reconquista" in Spain, the authorities began to frantically persecute the Jews. After 1492, Spanish Jews fled to neighboring Portugal in droves. But five years later, the Portuguese authorities followed in Spain's footsteps.
Due to the persecution of the Jews, the Jews faced two choices: to continue to believe in Judaism, they must accept the trial of the Inquisition, or to convert to Catholicism. As a result, a large number of Jews were forced to convert to Catholicism and became the so-called "New Christians" (Nouveaux Chrétiens).
In Spain, Portugal shared Philip I as king. After the union of Spain and Portugal, the new Christian trade network and national financial resources that emerged in the half century from 1580 to 1630 almost surrounded the world. Its main European centers include Lisbon.
Porto, Ciudad Campo, Madrid, Seville, Valladolid and Antwerp; in the New World of America
Among them, there are Pernambuco, Lima, Olinda, Mexico and Cartagena, and in Asia there are Malacca, Macao, Nagasaki, Manila, Goa and Cochin. In fact, the New Christians and their Jewish relatives
Trade networks were the main force in global international trade at that time.
In front of us, there is such a representative of the new Christians, Bernardo. He is a member of the family of the famous Macau wealthy businessman Antonio Díaz de Cáceres. The goods they handle account for a large part of Macau's export trade.
Most of them. Now, this new Christian Bernardo is trying to buy goods locally in Hainan, and local small pearls were the most popular overseas trade goods at that time.
At the same time, Uncle Mai's family and the villagers knew every pearl pond on the coast of Yazhou.